PROMISES TO KEEP: How Jackie Robinson Changed America Sharon Robinson, . . Scholastic, $16.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-439-42592-6 ...

In honor of his 85th birthday, Sharon Robinson has written a new biography called "Promises to Keep: how Jackie Robinson changed America." Here’s an excerpt: Introduction ...

Promises to Keep Jackie Robinson's daughter Sharon, discusses her new book, Promises to Keep, and talks about how her father changed America. Guest: Sharon Robinson ...

Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line By Peter Dreier ...

Major League Baseball is marking the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport's color barrier. At Citi Field in New York, Robinson's 101-year-old widow, Rachel, was given flowers by ...

Every player wears Robinson’s No. 42 on their jersey as a tribute to the player who broke pro sports’ color barrier. But this year, Jackie Robinson Day feels different amid a political shift.